I'm not a pro at linguistics, but isn't the 'gang' a modification of gehen, gehe, gegangen? Rather than corridor?

edit. Well I guess the corridor in german is just the place of going: gang. Egg or chicken, which came first.

You are right but only partly "gang" as a verb is a modification of the Standard German "gehen". However, "Gang" is also a noun (therefore written with a capital letter "G") that means indeed corridor.

With regard to the funny French translations there is also:
"oeuf oeuf que lac je" = egg egg what lake I = Ei ei was seh ich
or
"je maison" = I Home = Ich haus (meaning I leave)

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although nothing will ever replace "schtangä", I am currently getting a lot of mileage out of "figgä". my wife and kids have no idea what it means, it sounds totally harmless to fellow gringos, and it still has the desired effect of letting off some steam when you slice open your thumb with the cutting knife or stub your toe on the kitchen table.

although nothing will ever replace "schtangä", I am currently getting a lot of mileage out of "figgä". my wife and kids have no idea what it means, it sounds totally harmless to fellow gringos, and it still has the desired effect of letting off some steam when you slice open your thumb with the cutting knife or stub your toe on the kitchen table.

Don't worry, the kids will pick up on this quicker than you think - cue the embarrassing comments in front of your neighbours, friends family

although nothing will ever replace "schtangä", I am currently getting a lot of mileage out of "figgä". my wife and kids have no idea what it means, it sounds totally harmless to fellow gringos, and it still has the desired effect of letting off some steam when you slice open your thumb with the cutting knife or stub your toe on the kitchen table.

Well... from one connoisseur of well chosen curse words to another, I feel compelled to remark that using the verb form in this context does not make much sense. I prefer "verfiggt".

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You are right but only partly "gang" as a verb is a modification of the Standard German "gehen". However, "Gang" is also a noun (therefore written with a capital letter "G") that means indeed corridor.

With regard to the funny French translations there is also:
"oeuf oeuf que lac je" = egg egg what lake I = Ei ei was seh ich
or
"je maison" = I Home = Ich haus (meaning I leave)

There's another one I've heard...Hope I get the French right.
La Vie est dure = Dä Wii isch tüür = The wine is expensive.